Avalanche: Cascade Ridge

Region:

Cascade Ridge

Location Name or Route:

near Cascade Saddle

Elevation:

9600

Aspect:

Northeast

Trigger:

Natural

Avalanche Problem:

Persistent Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth:

3"

Width:

800

Vertical:

500

Comments:

Spotted this slide along the Cascade ridgeline. Failed just below an obvious stripe of dust in a layer of facets. These facets were not as obvious in the crown near the ridgetop as they were on a lower slope much lower.

I was impressed how far downhill this slab fractured. It's likely that much larger avalanches happened in some of the bigger bowls.

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